PHC reserves judgement on plea for polls under judiciary’s supervision

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday reserved its verdict about the maintainability of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s petition for holding the Feb 8 polls in the province through judicial officials under the supervision of the judiciary. During the hearing, a bench comprising Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad questioned if it could continue hearing the case after a Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court’s stay order against the appointment of district returning officers, returning officers and assistant returning officers from the executive. The high court’s CJ said as the apex court had issued a verdict on...

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Pakistan reckons with possible political void as experts say election timing uncertain

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Country is supposed to hold elections in 90 days, bringing an interim government to an end amid a sharp economic downturn Pakistan is facing another period of political tension as questions swirl around a forthcoming election, supposedly in three months, that will end the caretaker government. The elections, which experts tell The National are at risk of delay, will usher in a government that will have to chart a course for a country that has suffered 20 per cent annual inflation, worsening terrorist violence and devastating floods that killed nearly 2,000 and caused at least $15 billion worth of damage last year. To pave the way for general...

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PHC reserves judgement on plea for polls under judiciary’s supervision

Pakistan reckons with possible political void as experts say election timing uncertain